It wasn't The THING itself," DJS explains as everything starts to go all squiggy, "but the fact that at one time perhaps not now these billboards were EVERYWHERE, more prolific than Stuckey's encampments.

While I personally felt they were unnecessary, I would at least submit as food for thought that they were done in a really uncomfortable and squiggy manner which seemed to acknowledge that these acts were not sexy or right, but instead seemed to be misguided attempts by the producer/director to portray the things wrong in the relationships.